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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1907
Page
8
An 1906 study notes wolves across the West threaten cattle herds, with annual losses estimated in the millions. Investigators report wolves feed on cattle during winter migrations, and bounties have failed to curb numbers. Experts urge poison methods and warn of bounty fraud, detailing regional wolf populations and economic impact.
The New York Evening Post reports on the 47 Mongolian crew members of the British tramp steamer Erroll arriving from Hong Kong. They exult in exorcising devils after a meteor shower moon eclipse in Yokohama and celebrate with a pyrotechnic eviction at night, then continue to New York via Hong Kong.
The Washington Iowa Press urges caution on oil and mining stock investments. It warns that promoters promise much more than delivered and warns readers that legislators and federal inspectors pursue abuses of mail fraud. It notes losses by unsuspecting investors including a reader who lost 2500 dollars.
A lighthearted Courier-Journal piece quotes playful banter about marriage and yachting. A suitor jokes that marriage would end his sailing, while another exhorts perseverance, echoing a nautical motto. The tone is witty and period flavored.
A. W. Dimrock notes in Scribner's Magazine that the fauna of South Florida is vanishing. The Florida crocodile's habitat has shrunk to a ten mile strip on the peninsula's southern coast, where picket fences guard each cave. Alligators are killed rapidly, with ten seen per year for every one remaining in local rivers.
The president proclaimed an additional 17 million acres to the forest reserves, bringing total protected land to 144 million acres under federal control. The piece argues forests are soil products to be used responsibly, not mined, compares U S and European forestry, and urges stronger oversight, education, and continued expansion despite Western opposition. It cites figures on forest rangers and supervisors and notes bipartisan support in Congress for reserves and anti theft efforts.
A poor girl in New York with a pretty face and no income is described as severely handicapped, in a comparison to an Irishman. The text highlights social judgment and hardship faced by women with limited means in the city.
A column recalls Edison in Menlo Park joking about the gate and water tanks, actors debating happiness at The Players, and a string of stage waits involving Hitchcock Davenport and others. A Yale president’s son bath tale and a math blackboard joke close the reminiscence.
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